"What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?" - Esther vi. 6.
Nay, my soul, ask thine own heart what shall be done to the God-man
whom Jehovah the King of kings, delighteth to honour? Oh, for the view
of what John saw, and to, hear what John heard, when he beheld the
heaven opened, and heard the innumerable multitude chanting salvation
to God and the Lamb! Lord, I would say, "let every knee bow before him,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God
the Father." And Oh, most gracious Father! dost thou take delight that
Jesus should be honoured? Is it thine honour when Jesus is honoured;
thy glory when Jesus is glorified? Oh, what wonderful encouragement is
this to the faith and belief of a poor sinner! that I not only praise
my adorable Redeemer when I come to him for all things, and trust him
for all things; but when also my poverty and emptiness afford occasion
to him to get glory by me, in giving to me all things, and blessing me
in all things. And these exercises of grace are acceptable to God my
Father, as they are honourable to God the Son. And this is the only
way, and a blessed way it is indeed, by which a poor sinner can give
glory to the Father, in believing the record which he hath given of his
Son. Here then, my soul, do thou daily be found in honouring the
glory-man, the God-man, Christ Jesus, whom God the Father delighteth to
honour.
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